In the past 12 months, have you experienced any problems with your house or apartment that you felt needed to be fixed, such as a leak or a broken appliance?
Had problems with home needing repair in past year · Asked in 5 waves, 2016–2020 · 13,990 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of R7 first asked in 2016: wording or answer options differ from shed:R7.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | No | Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 47% | 53% | 2931 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school | 44% | 56% | 229 | ±7 | |
| High school |
| 53% |
| 47% |
| 588 |
| ±4 |
| Some college | 47% | 53% | 1025 | ±3 |
| Bachelor's | 44% | 56% | 679 | ±4 |
| Postgraduate | 41% | 59% | 410 | ±5 |
SHED 2020 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.